Landéhen

Landéhen is a common French, located in the department of the Coast-with Armor and the area Brittany.

Geography

History

The parish of Landéhen, wedged in the évêché of Saint-Brieuc belonged to the Doyenné of concerning Coëtmieux évêché of Fraud and was under the term of Saint Guéhen. It had like Trève Penguily.

Landéhen is, until the 19th century, the stronghold of the family of Mauny, which undoubtedly exists already at the time of the Croisade S. It is of it that is resulting Gautier de Mauny, chief of the party of Montfort during the war of succession of Brittany to the 14th siècle.
The number of inhabitants passes from 1.407 to 852 to the whole beginning of the 19th century, after the loss of the Trève of Penguily.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Manor Rooms: in XVIe century this manor, built in the granite, is that of the family of Beaurepaire. Its turret, with the XVIIe century, is capped with a finial to protect the punches from the frame of precipitations
Fontaine Saint-Guihen: located on the Farm of Cassoire, it is named according to Guéhen saint (born in 1052 and died in 1077) who is called upon to cure the skin diseases. Saint Guéhen is the owner of the parish.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Coast-in Armor

External bonds

Landéhen on the site of the national geographical Institute
Landéhen on the site of INSEE
Landéhen on the site of Quid
Localization of Landéhen on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Landéhen on Mapquest

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